Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-06
GENERAL mARKETs.
Produce and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nug. 5-FIour-Qu!et and
easy. " heat-LOWer ana easy, the market
was weak and declined at the opening, but re-
acted later, and again ceclined, closing a @
below yesterday. 80. red cash Is &C. sep
TENDER 90 a 1Otl, closing csc; october II a
72isc, closing s1ltqc. Corn lower; cash 31+sc;
lower; cash % as ~: September y C {;
october, 25lsc. COrnmeal steedy, s. CO.
Whisky steady at 81 %. Provisions stead
Pork, Irregular new So Do. Lard, St 55Gj 50.
Dry salt mests-BoNcd shoulders s. -; long
clear 5 L.; Gear ribs : l5dS p; short
clear $ 90. Pacon-BoNed snoG' ders 81 T. /;
long clear and clear ribs 81 00G5 l0ishort clear
81 30G9 81 Hams steady at SIl tUGl4 90
CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. As rains conc
down in the corn belt so must prices of corn
come down On 'Ch- nge, even those who do not
believe inst PRESENT rains cannot save the CrOI
IRE ready to take advantage of the scare and
save theGse yes by selling. Wednesday, rains
in Kansas which caused corn to come tumbling
down In prices yesterday were Supplementary
last night by general rains in parts Of Iowa and
Nebraska, an besides kilograms were numer
GUS from points IN illinois tell
Ing Of showers. There IS nothing
ike excitement over corn to increase
speculative interest of the people in the west.
ern country, and country orders In such cases
are apt TO control local crowds of Spectators.
The moment the market opened this morning
the sCete In the corn pit became one Of activity
! ard eNcitepent Operators sWarmed from
| other grains and from provisions ana selling
| was the order OF the morning. Prices epGne
| from al &c under yesterday AMI at once be
| gan to q, cline. There was unsettled feeling
| september corn went TO 35t7G555ac. Before
| Noon, however, the crowd recovered from Its
fears and leading futures sold
up to 4Ot.c, and stu later bach
| to 1917 great interest centc. led in May corn
! which at outset sold in Y rlOus parts of pi
| first Official quotation; from oHening figures
| price was dragged down to 49, from whict
! point 1t rallied and sold uD to IL osing quota
lions left corn from I. 10 p lower. Ball argU
meOts for wheat seemed TO avail nothing 10
day until near very close; early in day prOmi
nCnt operators were predicting that collapse o
California corner VIII PROBABLY az mi. Of
better markets here as 1t has al
| along been regarded as an element OF DANCE.
auO assistance to the bears in holding prices
| down since the June tumble. II wa also ii (
| UTed that the increase CT visible supply OF
| Monday next VIII be less wheat than l,UOOCG
bushels, wher cas- year ago II was over 1000,
OlU bushels. Receipts of rev wheat are be
coming lighter, and q fair amount Is leaving
| Chicago and et orts are moderate. With these
facts before them there was no hing doing
| the local crowd either desired TO eel or 10 Of
nothing in wheat. september wheat opened a
G9lsc, or &c under cstcrday. Ii then declined
for want OF buyers to CSC en-
later steadted at aUouf 62c. Octobe
sold ct 1O3tGIc, and December at -
oil &C; the range OF prices halt an hour beior
the close beiog &C UrCcr closing at p m yes
terday, al this time recovery began and sep
TENDER closed al sac. Only limited busl
ness was transacted in the market for hog pro
ducts offerings of some articles were fire.
while t.s demand was light, and lower price
were accepted. La;er the demand was fail
while offerings were light, and portion OF tn
decline was recovered. Snort ibis tides ap
peared to be IN somewhat Of an independen
basis. while mess pork and lard ruled easier
trading WAS chiefly in september, Octo he
and January deliveries. Leading future
closed as fol ows: Wheat-August SIC. sep
TENDER 6S-tc; December $40; May 19-st
! Corn-No. ,, August &c; september SO &C
|, october 1915 Nav 1890. Oats-August p s.
september % &C; october 20, =; May Bic. Mes
pork per barrel, January 81 a; Septembe
/ SIG so; october SIC 30; year S,2 co. Lard
August S. so; September s. 5l7a; Octobe
S6 66>I January S6 20. Snort ribs, August 5: o.
; September IS Is; October $ 021.; Jaruar
; IS 81. Cash quotations were -Four stead
5 and unchanged; No. red csc. No.
! corn 3s74c; Mess pork per bbl SIS CO. Lar
/ per leo lbs 81 52ha6 So Shot ribs, side
loose S CO; dry sailed short boxed s. z0G5 q
? short clear sides boxed IS 5OdS 50.
3 NEW YORK, Aug. Flour Moderated
8 active and weak. Whest-Spot lots decline
ha3+c ana options kGlc, closing weak a.